Do You Consider Shopping to Be Cardio?

Yesterday may have been Black Friday, the shoppiest of all shopping days, but we all know that from now until the holidays, the malls are going to be nutso with people looking for the perfect gift and even the adequate-enough gift (usually what I succumb to after procrastinating gift buying until the last weekend—darn me!). Now many health experts say that walking around a store at a decent pace does count as activity, but we want to know your opinion.

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Great question! I love that you asked it since I gave myself cardio credit for all the walking I did shopping with my mom last Friday. It must count for something!! Certainly not as good as a trip to the gym, but better than sitting at my desk or watching tv!

I was just wondering this the other day! It’s so hard to figure out how much is walking time (counts) and how much is standing there time, muttering “what the heck is all this crap and why is it so darn expensive?” (probably doesn’t count).